Being involved in Glastonbury for
nearly 30 years . One of the biggest problems is crowd movement
between the big main stages . IE bottle necks some of them can be
very frighting . The huge never ending circle between . Pyramid ,
Dance, Other Stage , Jazz and round again . With The John Peel Stage
becoming more popular going into the mix . The Park helps taking some
of the strain out of the circle . But in that circle people travel
one way round it , People travel the other way . Creating three very
nasty bottle necks . Inevitably people panic in crushes add a bit of
mud into the mix and a couple of prams scary stuff . Disasters go
through peoples mind Hillsbough ,Heysel,The Pearl Jam gig . The crush
in tunnel in Germany ,Not nice.
So as you wander round the chaos of
Arcadia the Traffic lights flash red green amber above your head at
strategic points . People stop dance laugh then off they go . The
crowd travels round Arcadia 9 times out of 10 unhindered .
So would it work all round the site at
the bottle necks . Well why not give it ago . As the capacity of the
festival rises rightfully so . Plans to illuminate this problem must
be in the pipe line surly this system has been tried and tested and
must be be a front runner . What do you think ?
So 30 years at Glastonbury I hear you
say how do you beat the bottle necks? Well I do beat them, But if I
tell you then it will close the door . No it is not the back stage
area routes thats cheating . Sod its Glastonbury lets share .
AT GLASTONBURY YOU ALWAYS GO UP THEN
COME DOWN , THEN BACK UP AND BACK DOWN AGAIN . Easy no panic
